Falkland Islands.

The village and town where Apu's family lives is relatively peaceful.

The population here was not large at first, but there were many temples here, and the great things that had been practiced for many years protected this place when the nightmare struck.

Although everyone has to rely on the local temple and even be ruled by it, life is quite miserable.

But at least the situation is much stronger than in other areas.

"It is said that some places have become no man's land and everyone is dead."

There were candles lit in Apu's house, and the family was sitting around in the simple house, having dinner.

Since all daily necessities had to be donated to the temple on a weekly basis, Apu and his family lived a very tight life.

On everyone's plate, there were only some boiled potatoes, pickled beans, and some green leafy vegetables.

That's all.

Due to long-term malnutrition, Apu looks thinner than girls of the same age.

He is sixteen years old and looks younger than his actual age.

The person who spoke just now was Apu's father.

He was in the opposite situation to Apu. He was only in his forties, but he looked like he was in his fifties or sixties. He had short hair, half of which was already gray, dark skin, rough palms, one eye was already blind, and he looked turbid.

Like a frosted lens.

Apu's mother sighed, but this woman had nothing to do with her current life.

Only the six-year-old brother Apu is still happy, but this happiness is based on innocence. In a few years, the whole family will probably just sigh.

That is if they can survive until that point.

The sky outside is extremely dark. Due to the geographical location, it is actually very late at night in this season. Although it is only dim, not completely dark, it is already past eight o'clock in the evening.

After eating, the whole family did their own thing.

Looking out the window, there are scattered candlelights in the village.

As for electricity?

Don't even think about it.

After the nightmare completely fell, there was a complete power outage.

In other words, the authorities here have been completely shut down, almost existing in name only.

It is the temples in various places that are really in charge.

After the nightmare comes, the masters in the temple seem to have a way to resist the dream demon, and at this stage, this is absolute hard power.

No one dares to go against the masters.

Not to mention doing it right, I didn't even dare to be disrespectful at all in my words.

If you don't respect him, you won't get the protection of the masters.

If you don't get shelter, you will be attacked by the dream demon after falling into a dream, and the end will be miserable.

So here, the masters in the temple are the most noble beings.

From Apu's house, you can see the big temple in the distance.

Even at night, the lights are bright.

It seems that only one place around is bright and safe.

"Mom, I heard that A Ling's family went back to the temple to spend the night. They said it was the safest place." Apu said to his mother at this time.

Mom nodded.

That's right, at this stage, the big temple is indeed the safest.

"No scary incubus dares to approach the great temple!"

"But why can't we go?" Beside him, Apu's brother Soul asked. His mother understood this, and so did Apu, but his six-year-old brother didn't quite understand it.

Little brother doesn't know that people are different from birth.

Some people have a silver spoon in their mouth, and some people are destined to suffer.

In the past, it might have been possible to change one's class and life, but now, unless one had an adventure in the nightmare world, gained powerful power, or controlled some kind of terrifying dream demon.

Otherwise, if you want to change your destiny against nature, the possibility is zero.

Everyone should try to reduce the time they spend in dreaming.

It's the same at Apu's house.

They have alarm clocks.

Dad is the mainstay of the family, so he goes to bed first. From about eight o'clock to twelve o'clock, the other family members start to sleep. At four o'clock in the morning, mom will sleep with dad instead, and Apu and his brother can sleep all the time.

Sleep until dawn.

Because if you encounter a dream demon, you can tell the clues from the sleeping expression and breathing. If you find something is wrong, you should wake up your family immediately.

This way you can avoid some deaths.

This is how Apu's family comes here these days.

Although they have paid the weekly offerings to the temple, they still need to be careful.

For example, the Aqin family in the village just finished their funeral.

The Aqin family also paid tribute every week, but their youngest son still died.

Although the masters came to see it, they said it was a natural death.

But who believes it?

Do you really think everyone is a fool?

But there is no way to explore the result of this matter. Even if he was killed by a dream demon, no one has any evidence, because this matter requires the masters in the big temple?

No one wants to be the one who stands out.

So, in the final analysis, you still have to be careful.

"Mom, I don't want to sleep!"

It's already twelve o'clock.

Apu's brother didn't want to sleep yet. He kept tugging at the corner of his mother's clothes, with fear in his eyes.

"What can you do if you don't sleep? Although, if you sleep, you will enter that scary place, but with your mother and sister by your side, what are you afraid of?"

Mom comforted her brother through experience.

But today's brother was obviously a little abnormal, unwilling to sleep, and said that he had seen a terrible thing in his dream.

"There is nothing terrible. We are together every day. Why haven't I seen him?" Apu retorted to his brother immediately.

She felt that her brother was simply ignorant.

"Really, I really saw it. That thing is hiding in the corner of our house. Sometimes, it will even hide behind you."

My brother's words were obviously a bit scary.

Apu got goosebumps all over his body when he heard it.

Hiding behind yourself?

Is this possible?

"Brother, stop talking nonsense and go to bed quickly."

Apu said something.

As for the mother, she obviously didn’t believe it at all and just thought it was the nonsense of a child.

Finally, mother and Apu coaxed the younger brother to lie down on the bed.

"Apu, you should sleep too."

"Okay mom, good night!"

"Good night baby!"

Apu fell asleep.

This is not the first time she has entered the nightmare world. To her, the nightmare world is both familiar and strange.

She is familiar with it because she dreams about it every day.

Strange because she had never left her room in the nightmare world.

This is mom and dad's rule.

It is said that the master in the temple gave them something to ward off evil spirits, which was placed on the door and bedroom door of their house to prevent monsters from the nightmare world from entering.

So every time after falling asleep, Apu would do his own thing in the house.
To be continued...